Xiqi (; autonym: )Yunnan Province Ethnic Minority Languages Gazetteer (云南省志：少数民族语言文字志), p.30 is an unclassified Loloish language of Huaning County, Yunnan, China. It is also called Siqipo 斯期颇 () in Mile County.Long Luogui 龙倮贵. 2007. Honghe yizu zuyuan zucheng ji qi renkou fenbu 红河彝族族源族称及其人口分布 .
Classification Pelkey (2011:431)Pelkey, Jamin. 2011. Dialectology As Dialectic: Interpreting Phula Variation. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. suggests that the Xiqi, Ati, and Long languages of Huaning County may be Southeastern Loloish languages. Hsiu (2018) suggests a Northern Loloish affiliation.
Distribution The Huaning County Gazetteer 华宁县志 (1994:514) lists the following locations of Xiqi. Tonghongdian Township 通红甸乡: Suomeizao 所梅早村, Dapozuo 大婆左村 Panxi Township 盘溪乡: Yide 矣得村, Fagao 法高村, Dayaxi 大丫喜村, Longtanying 龙潭营村 Chengjiao Township 城郊乡: Dengloushan 登楼山, Puchazhai 普茶寨 Huaxi Township 华溪乡: Xishajing 西沙井村, Dujia 独家村 Qinglong Township 青龙镇: Shanqi 山歧村, Qize 起则村
Vocabulary The Huaning County Ethnic Gazetteer (1992:72)Huaning County Ethnic Gazetteer Editorial Committee (ed). 1992. Huaning County Ethnic Gazetteer 华宁县民族志. Kunming: Yunnan People’s Press 云南民族出版社. provides a short word list of Adu, Ati, Xiqi, Nong, and Azhe transcribed using Chinese characters, shown below. Pinyin transliterations have also been provided below.
English gloss Chinese gloss Adu (阿笃语) Ati (阿梯语) Xiqi (西期语) Nong (弄语) Azhe (阿哲语) village 寨子 water 水 girl 小姑娘 boy 小伙子 corn 包谷 have 有 not 无
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